Need for achievement, business goals, and entrepreneurial persistence

Purpose – The purpose of the study is to employ the need theory to investigate whether a need for achievement has an effect on persistence behavior among entrepreneurs, and whether a need for achievement and business goals interact to influence such persistence. Design/methodology/approach – A longi...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Dagher, Grace K. (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Wu, Sibin (author), Matthews, Linda (author)
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منشور في: 2007
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01409170710833358
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/01409170710833358
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Wu, S., Matthews, L. & Dagher, G. K. (2007). Need for achievement, business goals, and entrepreneurial persistence. Management Research News, 30(12), 928-941.
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description Purpose – The purpose of the study is to employ the need theory to investigate whether a need for achievement has an effect on persistence behavior among entrepreneurs, and whether a need for achievement and business goals interact to influence such persistence. Design/methodology/approach – A longitudinal study of nascent entrepreneurs was conducted by a field survey in a metropolitan area of a mid‐western state in the USA. Logistic regression was used to test the hypotheses. Findings – Need for achievement is found to be positively related to entrepreneurial persistence. Business goals are found to moderate the relationship between need for achievement and persistence. Research limitations/implications – The time span between the two waves of data collection in the longitudinal study might have been too short. Practical implications – This study highlights the importance of matching need for achievement and business goals. For complex tasks, a strong need for achievement should be accompanied with moderate business goals if persistence is to occur. Venture capitalists and government agencies can improve entrepreneurial success by keeping a close eye on the match. Originality/value – Few studies have explored the issue of entrepreneurial persistence. The present study contributes to a better understanding of motivation and other variables that influence entrepreneurial persistence.
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spelling Need for achievement, business goals, and entrepreneurial persistenceDagher, Grace K.Wu, SibinMatthews, LindaPurpose – The purpose of the study is to employ the need theory to investigate whether a need for achievement has an effect on persistence behavior among entrepreneurs, and whether a need for achievement and business goals interact to influence such persistence. Design/methodology/approach – A longitudinal study of nascent entrepreneurs was conducted by a field survey in a metropolitan area of a mid‐western state in the USA. Logistic regression was used to test the hypotheses. Findings – Need for achievement is found to be positively related to entrepreneurial persistence. Business goals are found to moderate the relationship between need for achievement and persistence. Research limitations/implications – The time span between the two waves of data collection in the longitudinal study might have been too short. Practical implications – This study highlights the importance of matching need for achievement and business goals. For complex tasks, a strong need for achievement should be accompanied with moderate business goals if persistence is to occur. Venture capitalists and government agencies can improve entrepreneurial success by keeping a close eye on the match. Originality/value – Few studies have explored the issue of entrepreneurial persistence. The present study contributes to a better understanding of motivation and other variables that influence entrepreneurial persistence.PublishedN/A2016-05-24T07:05:08Z2016-05-24T07:05:08Z20072016-05-24Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article0140-9174http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3876http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01409170710833358Wu, S., Matthews, L. & Dagher, G. K. (2007). Need for achievement, business goals, and entrepreneurial persistence. Management Research News, 30(12), 928-941.http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.phphttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/01409170710833358enManagement Research Newsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/38762021-03-19T09:10:07Z
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url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01409170710833358
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/01409170710833358